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Despite the extraordinarily low crime levels and the near total absence of drugs from the city’s public discourse these days, nearly a quarter of a million people in New York…

BySean Gardiner 0Comments

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Jul 2009

Government Justice

A Cop’s Death Accelerates the City’s War on Crack

On Feb. 26, 1988, members of a drug gang murdered a 22-year-old rookie police of?cer named Edward Byrne, who was sitting guard in a patrol car outside the home of…

BySean Gardiner 3Comments

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Jul 2009

Justice

Cocaine: A Club Drug Becomes Enemy No. 1

Sometime in 1975, Colombian drug dealers, who were already well established in the world’s marijuana market with their high-grade Colombian Gold, wrested control of the cocaine importation business from Cuban…

BySean Gardiner 0Comments

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Jul 2009

Justice

Heroin: From the Civil War to the 70s, and Beyond

The heroin story of the 1990s was ignored, by and large, until it became so popular that some among the white celebrity set developed addictions that subsequently received a good…

BySean Gardiner 2Comments

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Jul 2009

Justice

Soldiers, Prisoners, Casualties—A Drug War's Characters

Just because the drug trade and the law enforcement crusade against it aren’t as obvious as they were in the past doesn’t mean drugs and the war against them have…

BySean Gardiner 0Comments

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Jun 2009

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

Second In Command: A Lawyer's Argument

In the final installment of our series on the race for public advocate, a look at civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel’s third run for the city’s number-two post.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2009

Government

Second In Command: The Veteran's Case

In his comeback run for public advocate, Mark Green is trading on his earlier stint in the post while acknowledging the city has changed. The fourth in a five-part series…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2009

Uncategorized

The Eyes Have It: NYPD Plans More Cameras

The police department plans to install hundreds of additional video surveillance cameras around Manhattan, and the entire city.

ByAli Winston 0Comments

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May 2009

ARTS and CULTURE Climate and Environment

Amid Reforms, Staff Still Fears Hospital Climate

Changes underway at Kings County Hospital should improve the psych ward there. But for now, the threat of violence remains part of the work environment.

ByEmily Feldman 0Comments

Today's Drug War: Marijuana and Mass Arrests

A Cop’s Death Accelerates the City’s War on Crack

Cocaine: A Club Drug Becomes Enemy No. 1

Heroin: From the Civil War to the 70s, and Beyond

Soldiers, Prisoners, Casualties—A Drug War's Characters

OTHER DAVIDS READY THEIR Slings In Run For Mayor

Second In Command: A Lawyer's Argument

Second In Command: The Veteran's Case

The Eyes Have It: NYPD Plans More Cameras

Amid Reforms, Staff Still Fears Hospital Climate

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